The Ministry said in a statement that it has launched an electronic service to obtain the entry visa to Saudi Arabia that will be exclusive for those who already have the “Hayya Card”an entry permit to the state of Qatar that will need to be presented at the ticket to access the stadiums.
The ultra-conservative kingdom, a neighbor of Qatar, opened its doors to foreign tourists in 2019in its attempt to reduce its economic dependence on oil, which accounts for almost all of the monarchy’s income.
Until then, the country only granted visas to foreigners who requested it. for business, work or religious reasons, such as the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Since then and with the intention of attracting tourists, the Saudi Arabian authorities have started a series of mega-projects and have opened the doors of the archaeological jewel of Al Ula, region in the northwest of the country inhabited for 7 thousand years which has constructions similar to those of Petra, in Jordan.
Likewise, the Saudi authorities have promoted a series of opening-up reforms with the same objective, Although international NGOs have questioned whether it is ethically correct to do tourism in a country like Saudi Arabia, which has a lousy human rights record.
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